# Fuck Emerson College & fuck Ron Burgundy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 18, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191 "2013-11-18T18:27:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/41 "2013-11-19T02:09:57Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Well, that de-escalated quickly. > [@Isamu](#): > > Well, that escalated quickly. This unpredictability is why I always take the stairs. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/42 "2013-11-19T02:25:32Z")
I’m surprised USC didn’t do it first. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/43 "2013-11-19T02:31:34Z")
After further consideration, maybe y’all are right and this isn’t such a big deal after all. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/44 "2013-11-19T02:37:46Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > I don’t know whether to be outraged or enraged. Engorged, if there is ever an option always go for engorged. ---
**Author:** ![Jesse\_Pinkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@Jesse\_Pinkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesse_Pinkman)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/45 "2013-11-19T02:38:13Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > After further consideration, maybe y’all are right and this isn’t such a big deal after all. Atta boy. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/46 "2013-11-19T03:39:08Z")
I guess they want everyone to come see how good they look. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/47 "2013-11-19T05:11:56Z")
> [@Jesse\_Pinkman](#): > > Atta boy. seconded. **Snow Boarder Bo** , your OP took a position that was stupid as Hell, but you came back to post that you changed your mind. Not near enough posters have the spine to do that. You do though, and I believe that is worthy of respect. For that I raise my glass to you. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/48 "2013-11-19T05:39:19Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > seconded. > > **Snow Boarder Bo** , your OP took a position that was stupid as Hell, but you came back to post that you changed your mind. Not near enough posters have the spine to do that. You do though, and I believe that is worthy of respect. For that I raise my glass to you. Cheers. Are you raising you glass to throw in into – oh, nm. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/49 "2013-11-19T09:19:51Z")
Oakminster, you got a laugh out of me too. So thanks for that. Snowboarder Bo, we’re all allowed our recreational outrage from time to time, but this was an innocuous thing to be upset about. However, the proper thing to do when everyone gangs up on your stupid opinion is not to admit that maybe after a 2nd thought you were wrong, but to double down on the stupidity and fight to the bitter end defending your messed up point of view. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/50 "2013-11-19T10:53:37Z")
> [@Jesse\_Pinkman](#): > > I wouldn’t worry about Emerson. I went to college in Boston and their student body consisted of idiot hipsters who thought the reason they got the shit kicked out of them in high school was because “people didn’t understand them” when in reality it was that they’re annoying and pretentious as fuck. And they didn’t have the talent to get into RISD. (I was accepted to Emerson but opted to go to a more reputable school closer to home: Penn State. So that worked out well.) ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/51 "2013-11-19T12:17:06Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I know if I was an alumni, I wouldn’t be inclined to contribute. > [@VinylTurnip](#): > > BTW, pet peeve: you’re not an _alumnus_. “Alumni” is the plural. “Alumna” if you’re female, and “alumnae” if you’re a group of females. Class dismissed! > [@foolsguinea](#): > > I’m annoyed by you failing to use the proper singular of “alum_nus_.” I feel compelled to add to the chorus calling out the OP for using “alumni” as a singular. ur teh st00pidz. Ooh! First post of a new page! I win a puppy! ---
**Author:** ![MN\_Maenad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/52 "2013-11-19T14:10:57Z")
The OP might want to stay out of Truth or Consequences, NM. That is, if he was still worked up about the issue. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/53 "2013-11-19T14:36:26Z")
Where’s the outrage at [the Newseum’s new Ron Burgundy display](http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/can-ron-burgundy-save-the-newseum/2013/11/14/11c45ad0-47f0-11e3-b6f8-3782ff6cb769_story.html)? Has a serious historical museum no dignity remaining? ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/54 "2013-11-19T16:36:49Z")
I’m IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION! ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/55 "2013-11-20T06:29:12Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > I am an Emerson alumnus, not at all a fan of Will Ferrell or Ron Burgundy movies, and I think it’s just fine. In fact, mildly cool and fun. Loosen up, nimrod. I came in to this thread to write this same thing, pretty much word for word. And no, I didn’t get the shit kicked out of me in high school, either. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/56 "2013-11-20T06:34:40Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > And they didn’t have the talent to get into RISD. Not to get overly-sensitive about my alumni, but this is kind of a strange comment… RISD is an art and design school; Emerson is performing arts and communication. I can’t imagine there’s much crossover in people who apply to these two colleges. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/57 "2013-11-20T11:43:45Z")
> [@Anamorphic](#): > > Not to get overly-sensitive about my alumni, but this is kind of a strange comment… RISD is an art and design school; Emerson is performing arts and communication. I can’t imagine there’s much crossover in people who apply to these two colleges. The not-apparently-funny reference to an overlap in the student bodies was this: > [@Jesse Pinkman](#): > > their student body consisted of idiot hipsters who thought the reason they got the shit kicked out of them in high school was because “people didn’t understand them” when in reality it was that they’re annoying and pretentious as fuck. I was attempting to imply that RISD students shared the same characteristics but actually had artistic talent, thus insulting two schools for the price of one in an attempt to be amusing. Eh, they can’t all be winners. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/58 "2013-11-20T16:08:05Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The not-apparently-funny reference to an overlap in the student bodies was this:I was attempting to imply that RISD students shared the same characteristics but actually had artistic talent, thus insulting two schools for the price of one in an attempt to be amusing. > > Eh, they can’t all be winners. Ah, gotcha! I didn’t realize RISD had that reputation. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-emerson-college-fuck-ron-burgundy/674191/59 "2013-11-20T16:50:26Z")
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